What’s the most pathetic way you’ve experienced classism in the UK? – 17 petty ways people have been kept in their place
10.
‘Went to a wedding of some of my wife’s horrendous friends. Got sat next to the cousin of the groom and her partner for the meal. I was trying to make small talk so it weren’t so awkward and I asked what she did and she told me in far too many words that she’s a travel agent for posh people on expensive holidays. I asked what type of places and she said “oh no, not the type of places you’d be able to go”. Lovely.’
-Ok_Forever1936
11.
‘When I was a teenager, I had a boyfriend whose dad was an absolute insufferable snob.
‘I lived on a rough council estate and neither of my parents worked (both were severely disabled) but when they did one was a clerk and the other a kitchen assistant. This man was a teacher- and I believe he didn’t even have a degree as he trained when teachers didn’t need a degree. He stopped me and my then boyfriend from seeing each other as he said I would end up ‘living in a squalid flat with five kids and no idea who the father was of any of them, and I would never get any qualifications and totally waste my life’
‘When I got my Masters degree, I briefly considered taking out an ad in the local newspaper to tell him I now lived in a 250k house owned outright, I had more qualifications than he could ever dream of and I’ve got no kids 🤣’
-MrsKToBe
12.
‘I had a birthday at uni, so we went to a nice restaurant in suits. My northern friend said “only Tories wear suits”, so he stayed at home whilst all friends went out and had a nice meal.’
-SuperHansDunYourMum
13.
‘I took the piss out of the fact my in-laws had caviar and champagne at Christmas and the reply was “well what do you eat? Potatoes?”
‘Was quite hurt at the time but they’re not wrong’
-Legitimate-Soil7109
14.
‘A titled woman refused to shake my hand at an official function that we were both guests at after she saw my tattoo.’
-noodledoodledoo
15.
‘The receptionist who used to do her food shopping at ASDA at lunchtime and then transfer everything into a stash of M&S and Waitrose bags in the office before taking it home so the neighbors didn’t see the ASDA bags and ‘think she was common’.’
-Apsalar28
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‘My landlord is landed gentry so proper posh. He is also proper rude. He’ll literally wave you away when he’s decided a conversation has ended. It doesn’t make me feel bad though because at least I was raised to have manners.’
-NoEnthusiasm2
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‘Years ago working in a call centre, I was dealing with a customer. His wife was in the background and I heard her ask him “Is she Indian?”. His reply: “I don’t know… She sounds northern”. As if that was somehow worse.’
-CrazyLadyBlues
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